Please send me patience

[Footay]

Currently sitting with my dad in ICU. He had surgery today. He’s doing well enough to tell me how the plan is to remove Fetterman and replace him with his wife and to figure out a way to get rid of Cuomo so they can put in Hilary..or maybe Michelle. Ugh. Help me.

[cilla4progress]

1. Patience, beloved!

We are here for you! Hang in there - sounds like a mighty challenge!!

[H2O Man]

2. Agree with him.

If he just had surgery, it's way better to agree.

[Bluethroughu]

3. I hope he recovers quickly...

From all afflictions.

You're a loving child, you got this.

[Probatim]

4. Your dad is my father-in-law?

All kidding aside, my advice is to change the subject.

Even with the in-laws, it helps to find the things you have in common and try to avoid the craziness. You have a lot more in common than the(ir) nuttiness.

[Kaleva]

5. As said by others, it may be best to agree with him

And try if you can to change the subject.

[Solly Mack]

6. Hang in there.

[barbtries]

7. you poor thing.

sounds like your dad has gone on down the rabbit hole.

just don't agree with him. don't go that far. i'm sure you cannot risk exciting him by arguing, but just don't agree.

ETA to note that others advise that you should agree. I respectfully disagree - as he gets stronger he'll just get worse and you'll hear how you agreed with him in the hospital...changing the subject could be your best bet, like how does he feel right now, aren't we thankful you had a successful surgery, bet you can't wait to get out of that bed...anything else. Tell me about how you met my mother.

[DURHAM D]

8. lol Is that Mario Cuomo? nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Tell him the Republican plan: Let Justice Thomas retire, ...

... and replace him with Herschel Walker.

All they need is to win the presidency and get a senate majority.

Think of the glee ...

[SharonClark]

18. Love this.

[cyclonefence]

10. He's your father, and you love him.

[TNNurse]

11. Try your best to change the subject.

Will be thinking about you. This is tough.

[Timeflyer]

12. Ask him to tell you stories about his childhood, his grandparents, early memories--

try to distract from current events, store up family history only he knows.

[Joinfortmill]

13. I prayed for him.

[vlyons]

14. Patience is a very great virtue

Patience is one of the 6 virtues of a Boddhisattva. And in case you don't know, a Boddhisattva is a very enlighted person, who works tirelessly and enthusiastically to liberate all sentient beings from suffering.

There is a lot that comes our way that we find unpleasant and don't like. But the thing to remember is that all things are impermanent. All the unpleasant things that come are way are impermanent. All the negative thoughts and emotions that we experience are impermanent. Negative thoughts and feelings have no intrinsic self existence. They have no mass and can't be weighed on a scale. They only SEEM real. So when negative thoughts arise, just label them as "just thinking" and let them go. Even if your patience has run out today, you can still hold the aspiration that you'll find it again and do better tomorrow.

I like to imagine that the absolute nature of my mind is like a luminous clear blue sky, and everything else is just the weather. Let your Dad be ok the way he is. Tell him how much you love him.

[RussellCattle]

17. Nice post. Nicely done and welcome. We could use a little more Buddhist thought here on D.U.

[Sky Jewels]

15. Tell him that Hillary and Michelle staged a successful coup

when he was under and they are now co-dictators for life.

…or not.

[Lucinda]

16. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️